A DRUG-CRAZED killer was jailed for life at the Old Bailey yesterday for the "wicked" murder of costume designer Elizabeth Sherlock.

Moments before, Mark Woolley, 36, had seen his lover Jackie Moore-house, 24, cleared of the murder and manslaughter of Mrs Sherlock. She had admitted snatching the 42-year-old designer's bag and was jailed for three years.

Moorehouse, also a heroin addict, may now be eligible for release in 10 months' time.

Mrs Sherlock had "courageously" chased Moorehouse after her bag - containing just &#xA3;20 in cash, a mobile phone and bank cards - was snatched as she waited with her husband for a train at Euston station on Easter Monday.

After Moorehouse got into Wool-ley's Ford Fiesta, Mrs Sherlock jumped on the car which did not stop.

The designer was thrown into the air in front of the car and tumbled like a rag doll as the car went over her. Woolley smiled as they sped off.

Both Woolley and Moorehouse had scores of previous convictions, mainly for drug-related dishonesty. They stole to fuel their heroin habit.

The couple, from north London, had both denied murder.

Jailing Woolley, the Recorder of London, Judge Michael Hyam, said Mrs Sherlock had been a healthy, successful, much loved and courageous woman."